Example sentences of "is [prep] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The no difference thesis is about what happens if authorities reach the right decision . |
| 2 | And that is about what happens when someone leaves a job of their own accord . |
| 3 | It is about what has happened since , and why and what might be done about it . |
| 4 | The assumption is about what lies behind our saying of a man , when he comes out with the sounds , ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ , that he is asserting that he is going to the bank , but our not saying this of the parrot . |
| 5 | thing if you think about is as it 's used for drugs |
| 6 | My body as it is for me does not appear to me in the midst of the world . ’ |
| 7 | My body as it is for me does not appear at all . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , anyway , the fact that the whole of Europe is against you shows that we 're fighting for something worth-while . ’ |
| 9 | Normally , one would assume that the particle will move on a straight line away from A. However , according to the sum over histories , it can move on any path that starts at A. It is like what happens when you place a drop of ink on a piece of blotting paper . |
| 10 | Thus , one might characterize one 's grasp on the experience of seeming to see a red object as something is going on in me ( I do n't know what it is ) which is like what goes on when a red object is acting on my eyes ; or … like what goes on in me to make me behave in a red-object-appropriate way . |
| 11 | It is her gallant courage as much as the danger she is in which impels Heritage and his chance-met companion Dickson McCunn to rescue her from her prison and , eventually , to defeat her persecutors . |
| 12 | You know , that was Now that is a mahogany table , now that table is in It 's been stripped . |
| 13 | ‘ Players have their name taken , but once the match is over it does n't count any more . ’ |
| 14 | At the present time it is n't the intention that your officers should present er evidence in person at that enquiry , er our er representations have n't er put in , in writing , but that is pending what happens at tomorrow 's meeting an and that position might change . |
| 15 | If you were going to do , if you decided you wanted to do research on gypsies and , you yourself , a lot of gypsies er , and you decide th the best way to do it is to which gives a kind of subjective insight to their own lifestyle and thinking . |
| 16 | Of course , where the science fiction writers really go to town is on what happens if you do fall in a black hole , A common suggestion is that if the black hole is rotating , you can fall through a little hole in space-time and out into another region of the universe . |
| 17 | She made her attack following a private meeting in London with Bosnia 's president , Alija Izetbegovic , who is on what has been described as his ‘ last chance ’ tour of Europe . |